We follow our breakdown of group and label marketshare after three quarters with the Top 25 albums and singles, necessarily encompassing streams as well as sales.
Here’s a stat that tells you all you need to know about this state of music and the biz in 2016: Tracks from Drake’s Views have been streamed 2.4 billion times YTD. To put things in perspective, the top 100k songs on Tidal have been streamed 2.1b times combined for the same period. Dude’s having one helluva year, and he all but predicted it months ago—see above.
NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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